How To Preorder Games Digitally?

My PS Plus subscription renewal is due in mid-June. I actually wanted to add another year of PS Plus to my account today, when I remembered that promotion for Driveclub, that when I preorder it digitally or otherwise, I get a code for 50% off a year's subscription of PS Plus - a sweet deal, making Driveclub a very low friction purchase.

So I went and searched for Driveclub in my PS4's digital storefront. The game's not in there. In fact, there's no way to preorder anything digitally at this time - at least in the Swiss/European PSN Store. I really wanted to preorder and preload Thief too, depending on how it's priced. That's not going to happen either.

So really, how can I take advantage of the Driveclub promotion, if I can't preorder the game digitally at their storefront? Or am I missing something?

I figured things might be a little better there. I'm ready to go all digital this generation, but damn if the PSN Store on the box itself isn't incredibly underwhelming right now. They really need to get on that shit.

I'd also like to stream movies and tv shows, but alas, not a single app for such a thing in my market. Just like it's been like the entire past generation. Hopefully somebody will finally step the fuck up. Lunacy!

Just checked the browser version too. Neither Infamous, nor Thief are up for preorders either. Thief shows up for preorder on PS3, but not on PS4.

What a shit-show! Just seems like they aren't really putting up an effort on their digital storefront yet for PS4. I love the PSN Store for PS3 and Vita. The experience on PS4 however is sorely lacking at this time.

I'd say preorders are essential for any digital storefront, especially one that's rather empty right now.

Either Sony is being lazy about pre-orders or retail is in their way. While kind of sucky, I find it's a good thing they don't put much games up for pre-order because it's more money in our pocket. They also don't let us preload games so there really isn't a benefit to pre-ordering digitally.

Either Sony is being lazy about pre-orders or retail is in their way. While kind of sucky, I find it's a good thing they don't put much games up for pre-order because it's more money in our pocket. They also don't let us preload games so there really isn't a benefit to pre-ordering digitally.

The pre-orders give the same digital bonuses that retail pre-orders do (the Cole missions for inFamous), so that's the incentive. If you're planning to buy it digitally, at least you can get the pre-order bonuses too.

It seems like Sony doesn't put a game up for pre-order until about a Month ahead of time. Dark Souls 2 just went up last week, I think.

Either Sony is being lazy about pre-orders or retail is in their way. While kind of sucky, I find it's a good thing they don't put much games up for pre-order because it's more money in our pocket. They also don't let us preload games so there really isn't a benefit to pre-ordering digitally.

The pre-orders give the same digital bonuses that retail pre-orders do (the Cole missions for inFamous), so that's the incentive. If you're planning to buy it digitally, at least you can get the pre-order bonuses too.

It seems like Sony doesn't put a game up for pre-order until about a Month ahead of time. Dark Souls 2 just went up last week, I think.